His weight still prevented him from doing basic drills in practice, which caused various back and knee aches.

The basic drill is designed to provide a soldier with simple steps to follow under the stress of combat.

After an hour of shooting, we began with basic drills like the three-man weave.

After a few weeks of basic drills, Dragila embraced the event.

They worked the basic fire-and-move drill until they all were at the bottom.

That means you already know the basic drill.

That a mere hireling should challenge him on so basic a drill!

Yet he cannot read or write or follow basic third-grade drills.

Details vary around the country, but this is the basic drill.

We got through the full set of basic drills in less than half an hour.